Paula's Perfect Pie Crust

Name: Paula's Perfect Pie Crust
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 Tbsps butter, cold and cubed; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour; 3 Tbsps granulated white sugar; 59 milliliters to 1/2 cup ice water; 0 teaspoons fine salt; 59 milliliters vegetable shortening, cold

Paula's Perfect Pie Crust might be just the crust you are searching for. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 183 calories, 2g of protein, and 12g of fat. If you have salt, flour, vegetable shortening, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 50 minutes.

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, salt and sugar.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Add the shortening and break it up with your hands as you start to coat it all up with the flour.

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Shortening

All Purpose Flour

Add the cold butter cubes and work it into the flour with your hands or a pastry cutter. Work it quickly, so the butter doesn't get too soft, until the mixture is crumbly, like very coarse cornmeal.

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Cornmeal

Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Pastry Cutter

Add the ice water, a little at a time, until the mixture comes together forming a dough. Bring the dough together into a ball.

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Water

Dough

When it comes together stop working it otherwise the dough will get over-worked and tough. Divide the dough in half and flatten it slightly to form a disk shape. Wrap each disk in plastic and chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes. On a floured surface roll each disk out into a 10 to 11-inch circle to make a 9-inch pie.

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Dough

Roll